"Some of the vulnerabilities addressed in this Critical Patch Update affect multiple products. Due to the threat posed by a successful attack, Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply Critical Patch Update fixes as soon as possible."

Oracle Database will get 10 fixes, two of which are for vulnerabilities that can be remotely exploited over a network without a username or password, while the BEA Products Suite will get five, all remotely exploitable without authentication.

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